Fong Swee Suan (方水双 Fāng Shuǐshuāng; 27 October 1931 – 4 February 2017) was a trade unionist, founding member of the People's Action Party (PAP) and a Barisan Sosialis leader.
[4] Following this, he applied to study at the Chinese teacher’s training college but was rejected due to his involvement in the boycott, and instead attended a private English School.
[1] In 1955, Fong led a SBWU strike against Hock Lee Bus Company to improve working conditions and as a protest against unfair treatment against union members.
[8][3] On 24 October 1956, Fong was arrested again for alleged involvement in the Chinese Middle School Student Riots[9] and was detained with other union leaders on Saint John's Island.
On 14 July 1961, Lee, who became the Prime Minister of Singapore, asked Fong and two other political secretaries to resign from their posts due to a joint statement between them and other union leaders calling to abolish the Internal Security Council and for full self-government.
[12] Fong left PAP and became the secretary-general of the newly formed Singapore Association of Trade Unions (SATU) in August.
[9] Fong suffered from liver cirrhosis[3] and died on 4 February 2017 at his home; he was 85 years old at the time of his passing.